The general philosophy is the universal part of philosophy. It refers to the set of assumptions, opinions, cultures, customs, principles which men or societies have established and set informally way to regulate common thinking, habits and code of life. In this [course_title], you’ll understand the concept of general philosophy including the birth of modern philosophy, the theories from Aristotle to Galileo, introduction to David Hume and many more fascinating topics which are worth exploring.
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Course Credit: University of Oxford
Course Curriculum
| 1.1 An Introduction to General Philosophy | 00:06:00 | ||
| 1.2 The Birth of Modern Philosophy | 00:16:00 | ||
| 1.3 From Aristotle to Galileo | 00:18:00 | ||
| 1.4 The Birth of the Early Modern Period: From Galileo to Descartes | 00:11:00 | ||
| 2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1 | 00:06:00 | ||
| 2.2 Introduction to Thomas Hobbes | 00:12:00 | ||
| 2.3 Robert Boyle’s Corpuscularian Theory | 00:06:00 | ||
| 2.4 Isaac Newton and Instrumentalism | 00:08:00 | ||
| 2.5 Introduction to John Locke | 00:12:00 | ||
| 2.6 George Berkeley and Idealism | 00:09:00 | ||
| 2.7 Overview: Kant and Modern Science | 00:17:00 | ||
| 3.1 Introduction to David Hume | 00:20:00 | ||
| 3.2 David Hume: Concluding Remarks | 00:11:00 | ||
| 3.3 The Problem of Induction | 00:23:00 | ||
| 4.1 Scepticism of the External World | 00:09:00 | ||
| 4.2 Possible Answers to Scepticism of the External World | 00:09:00 | ||
| 4.3 Introduction to Cartesian Dualism | 00:22:00 | ||
| 4.4 Modern Responses to Dualism | 00:11:00 | ||
| 5.1 Introduction to Knowledge | 00:11:00 | ||
| 5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge | 00:17:00 | ||
| 5.3 Gettier and Other Complications | 00:15:00 | ||
| 5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief | 00:13:00 | ||
| 6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities | 00:15:00 | ||
| 6.2 Problems with Resemblance | 00:11:00 | ||
| 6.3 Abstraction and Idealism | 00:10:00 | ||
| 6.4 Making Sense of Perception | 00:17:00 | ||
| 7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom | 00:14:00 | ||
| 7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom | 00:14:00 | ||
| 7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity | 00:10:00 | ||
| 7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility | 00:10:00 | ||
| 8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity | 00:09:00 | ||
| 8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity | 00:15:00 | ||
| 8.3 Problems for Locke’s View of Personal Identity | 00:10:00 | ||
| 8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains | 00:11:00 | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
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